Jazz News

Jazz pianist Hersh delivers brilliant performance at Drake University

Source: All About Jazz
October 31, 2005

by Ben Allaway Special to the Des Moines Register

One of the great jazz pianists of our day, Fred Hersh, played an eloquent solo concert Friday night in the Cosmopolitan Series of Civic Music at Drake University's Sheslow Auditorium.

Much of the concert was a tribute to Thelonious Monk, who would have been 88 this year, a good enough reason for a party for any master of the 88 keys.

Hersh is highly regarded for his ...

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All About Jazz: New York - November 2005

Source: All About Jazz
October 31, 2005

We at AAJ-NY continue to make a point of faithfully covering the furthest stretches of New York City, providing a jazz map of sorts for listening excursions throughout the month.

To hear a triumvirate of ever-creative septuagenarians or older, here are a few sample jazz “field trips” you could take through the month of November: In Greenwich Village, you can hear veteran vocalist Sheila Jordan, who celebrates her 77th birthday with a special one-night appearance at Sweet Rhythm (On The ...

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Listen Loud Sunday Series & The New Freestyle Jazz Thursday Series Updates

Source: All About Jazz
October 31, 2005

Conversation: Listen Loud Sunday Series & The New Freestyle Jazz Thursday Series Updates Listen Loud Series @ 5C Cafe (5th street & Avenue C in NYC) music from 7pm -9pm sharp!!! Nov 6 - Dom Minasi & Borah Bergman Nov 13 - DDT: Dom Minasi, Ken Filiano, Thomas Ulrich Nov 20 - Dom Minasi, Ken Filiano, Jackson Krall & Perry Robinson Nov 27 - Dom Minasi & Borah Bergman Dec 4 - Shunyata: Brian Moran (electronics) & Matt Hannafin (percussion) ...

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Les Paul (Tonight), Mingus Big Band (Tue.) Ed Palermo Big Band (Wed.) Alex Bugnon (Nov. 3-6) at The Iridium Jazz Club

Source: All About Jazz
October 31, 2005

IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121, www.iridiumjazzclub.com Sets at 8 & 10PM EVERY MONDAY LES PAUL AND HIS QUARTET EVERY TUESDAY THE MINGUS BIG BAND ED PALERMO BIG BAND PLAYS THE MUSIC OF FRANK ZAPPA November 2 and November 9 Every Sunday Starting at 11:00AM Gospel Brunch featuring BISHOP NATHANIEL TOWNSLEY, JR. AND THE GOSPEL JUBILEE This Week at The Iridium Nov. 2 ED PALERMO BIG BAND PLAYS THE MUSIC OF FRANK ...

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Benin Brass Band

Source: All About Jazz
October 31, 2005

by J. Poet SF Chronicle

When Benin's Gangbe Brass Band starts playing, it's impossible to stay in your seat. The merry sounds of tubas, trumpets and trombones swoop and dart through the air like drunken hummingbirds, while the drums lay down a foundation of percolating percussion that puts heart, soul and feet in motion. The rhythms sound familiar: echoes of Nigeria's juju, Cuba's son and Trinidad's calypso float through the mix. The cheery horn lines bring ...

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The Bad Plus: Smells Like Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
October 31, 2005

By Rich Manley boulderdirt

Of all musical genres, there are two - classical and jazz - that stick out as a communities rife with purists, people who feel like going back is better than going forward.

While both of those musical types feature pasts robust with virtuosos, the defining musicians within those categories were virtuosos because they did something different and amazing. Today, it seems like there are many musicians within those genres who are bent ...

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Wallace Roney: Becoming Part of the Whole

Source: All About Jazz
October 31, 2005

By Deardra Shuler

The hush on stage at Joe’s Pub was circumvented with the squeal of brass. It’s piercing shrill evolved into a cacophony of instruments screaming, wailing, writhing, throbbing, breaching the silence with a language and tonality that took on a musical expression all its own. It had an intelligence that created and recreated itself while giving order to chaos. The Wallace Roney Band was playing pure jazz. They were playing the songs within their new CD ...

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Guitarist Dom Minasi and Bassist Michael Bisio at Deep Listening

Source: All About Jazz
October 31, 2005

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